When
measuring the Early Bird Preview that comes
out every season, how close have we come
to predicting what the AP Poll releases
in August? Very close! In five of the last
eight years, the Early Bird Preview has
nailed 9 out of the Top 10 teams. The two
aspects that change the poll are players
that declare early for the NFL and the bowl
game results. But neither has proven to
drastically change the rankings. So scoff
away at this poll being way too early, but
the precision is well reflected. The depth
charts are extremely accurate (we even log
the number of starts for each player) and
this is what makes the predicting so easy.